On her deathbed, the mother of Avis Langley begs her to watch over her wayward twin brother, Alec. Just before Avis is to be married to Geoffrey Southerne, Alec disappears, and the spirit of Mrs. Langley appears to Avis to remind her of her promise. Samuel Ackroyd, from New Zealand, calls to explain that Alec, who is engaged to his daughter, has disappeared. Avis goes to New Zealand, finds Alec, persuades him to reform and marry Bessie, and then sails for home. En route, the steamer is wrecked, and Avis, being the only survivor, is washed up on the shore of a small island. Geoffrey, believing her dead, marries Viva Newmarch, whom he does not love. After a year, Avis returns, and her mother's spirit comes to console her. She declines to reveal that she is alive, however, until the accidental death of Viva creates the possibility of her reunion with ...
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On her deathbed, the mother of Avis Langley begs her to watch over her wayward twin brother, Alec. Just before Avis is to be married to Geoffrey Southerne, Alec disappears, and the spirit of Mrs. Langley appears to Avis to remind her of her promise. Samuel Ackroyd, from New Zealand, calls to explain that Alec, who is engaged to his daughter, has disappeared. Avis goes to New Zealand, finds Alec, persuades him to reform and marry Bessie, and then sails for home. En route, the steamer is wrecked, and Avis, being the only survivor, is washed up on the shore of a small island. Geoffrey, believing her dead, marries Viva Newmarch, whom he does not love. After a year, Avis returns, and her mother's spirit comes to console her. She declines to reveal that she is alive, however, until the accidental death of Viva creates the possibility of her reunion with Geoffrey.
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Seventy-year-old newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies in his palatial Florida home, Xanadu, after uttering the single word “Rosebud.” While watching a newsreel summarizing the years during which Kane ... >>

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